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21 Mar 1474
Angela Merici Italian monastery foundersaint
21 Mar 1521
Maurice Duke and later Elector of Saxony (1547-53) (d. 1553)
21 Mar 1527
Hermann Finck German composer born in Pirna (d. 1558)
21 Mar 1642
Georg Schmezer German composer and musician born in Augsburg (d. 1697)
21 Mar 1708
Caspar Ruetz German composer born in Wismar (d. 1755)
21 Mar 1713
Francis Lewis signer (Declaration of Independence)
21 Mar 1763
Jean Paul German romantic writer (Titan) born in Wunsiedel Franconia (d. 1825)
21 Mar 1768
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier mathematicianEgyptologist
21 Mar 1801
Maria Theresa of Tuscany Queen of Sardinia (d. 1855)
21 Mar 1806
Benito Pablo Juarez president of Mexico (1858-72) born in Oaxaca Mexico
21 Mar 1811
Nathaniel Woodard English educationalist (d. 1891)
21 Mar 1813
James Jesse Strang King of Mormons on Beaver Is MI (1850-56)
21 Mar 1820
Frank Mori English composer born in London (d. 1873)
21 Mar 1839
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Karevo Russian composer (Boris Gudunov Night on Bald Mt) [NS]
21 Mar 1854
Alick A C Bannerman cricketer (bro of Charles Australia 1878-1893)
21 Mar 1863
Hugo Kaun German composer born in Berlin (d. 1932)
21 Mar 1863
George Owen Squier American inventor and Major General in U.S. Signal Corp (d. 1934)
21 Mar 1865
Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher English historian and politician born in London United Kingdom (d. 1940)
21 Mar 1866
Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury astronomer
21 Mar 1869
Florenz Ziegfeld producer (Ziegfield Follies)
21 Mar 1880
Hans Hofmann GermanUS painter (Search for the Real)
21 Mar 1880
Broncho Billy Anderson American actor and the 1st cowboy in a movie (The Great Train The Lucky Dog) born in Little Rock Arkansas (d. 1971)
21 Mar 1884
George D Birkhoff American mathematician (Aesthetic measure)
21 Mar 1887
Edwin Scharff German entartet paintersculptor
21 Mar 1889
Otto Forst de Battaglia Austrian diplomat and genealogist born in Vienna (d. 1965)
21 Mar 1891
Jonathan Hale actor (Saints Double Trouble Saint Strikes Back)
21 Mar 1895
Zlatko Balokovi Croatian violinist (d. 1955)
21 Mar 1900
Eugenie Leontovitch Russian actress (Homicidal The Rains of Ranchipur) born in Moscow Russia (d. 1993)
21 Mar 1900
Paul KleckiKletzki Polish violinistcomposerconductor
21 Mar 1901
Carmelita Geraghty American actress (My Best Girl Texas Ranger) born in Rushville Indiana (d. 1966)
21 Mar 1902
Carl Jaffe German actor (1st Man in Space Escapement) born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1974)
21 Mar 1902
Eddie James Son House folk blues musician (Delta Blues)
21 Mar 1904
Forrest Mars Sr. American candymaker (d. 1999)
21 Mar 1905
Phyllis McGinley American poet (Pulitzer 1961 Love Letters)
21 Mar 1906
John D. Rockefeller III billionaire philanthropist (oil)
21 Mar 1906
Jim Thompson American designer and businessman
21 Mar 1910
Nick Castle American choreographer (Dinah Shore Judy Garland) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1968)
21 Mar 1911
John Paxton screenwriter (On The Beach Kotch Farewell My Lovely)
21 Mar 1912
Peter Bull British actor and author (The African Queen Tom Jones Dr Strangelove) born in London England (d. 1984)
21 Mar 1913
Max Youngstein American producer (United Artists) born in NYC New York
21 Mar 1913
George Abecassis English race car driver (d. 1991)
21 Mar 1918
Joe Carveth NHL forward (scored 20 or more goals in 3 seasons)
21 Mar 1919
Lois Collier [Madelyn Earle Jones] American actress (A Night in Casablanca Boston Blackie Slave Girl) born in Salley South Carolina (d. 1999)
21 Mar 1920
Manolis Chiotis Greek bouzouki virtuoso and song writer (d. 1970)
21 Mar 1921
Joe Sutter American engineer and head of the Boeing 747 program born in Seattle Washington (d. 2016)
21 Mar 1921
Logan Ramsey American actor (Head Joy Sticks Say Yes) born in Long Beach California (d. 2000)
21 Mar 1921
Abdul Salam Arif Iraqi politician and President of Iraq (1963-66) born in Baghdad Mandatory Iraq (d. 1966)
21 Mar 1922
Russ Meyer American film director (Faster Pussycat Kill Kill) born in San Leandro California (d. 2004)
21 Mar 1923
Mort Lindsey orchestra leader (Merv Griffin Show) born in Newark New Jersey
21 Mar 1923
Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava Founder of Sahaja Yoga
21 Mar 1924
Philip Abbott American character actor (The FBI Sweet Bird of Youth) born in Lincoln Nebraska (d. 1998)
21 Mar 1925
Peter Brook director (1776)TV writer born in London England
21 Mar 1926
Andre Delvaux Heverie Belgium directorwriter (Benvenuta)
21 Mar 1926
Virginia Weidler American child actress (Babes on Broadway All This & Heaven Too) born in Hollywood California (d. 1968)
21 Mar 1927
Hans-Dietrich Genscher German Minister of Foreign Affairs (FDP) worked to re-unify Germany born in Reideburg (d. 2016)
21 Mar 1928
James W Kinnear CEO (Texaco) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
21 Mar 1930
James Coco American character actor and singer (Only When I Laugh Man of La Mancha Murder by Death) born in The Bronx New York (d. 1987)
21 Mar 1932
Joseph Silverstein American violinist concertmaster and conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) born in Detroit Michigan
21 Mar 1933
John Hall English real estate developermulti-millionaire
21 Mar 1933
Michael Heseltine UK Secretary of State for Defence (1986)MP
21 Mar 1934
Al Freeman Jr Tx actor (One Life to Live My Sweet Charlie) (d. 2012)
21 Mar 1934
Lister Carney Bellaire Oh 200m runner (Olympic silver 1960)
21 Mar 1935
Hubert Fichte German writer born in Perleberg (d. 1986)
21 Mar 1937
Tom Flores NFL quarterback and coach (Raiders) born in Fresno California
21 Mar 1938
Grahame Thomas cricketer (Australian batsman of the mid-60s)
21 Mar 1938
Wilf Corrigan EnglishUS electronic manufacturer (LSI Logic)
21 Mar 1939
Kathleen Widdoes actress (Without a Trace) born in Wilmington Delaware
21 Mar 1939
Martha Hudson Eastman Ga 4X100m relayer (Olympic gold 1960)
21 Mar 1941
Malcolm Francke cricketer (leg-spinner Ceylon 1956 to Qld 1984)
21 Mar 1942
Ali Abdullah Saleh Yemeni politician and 1st President of Yemen (1990-2012) born in Bait el-Ahmar Kingdom of Yemen (d. 2017)
21 Mar 1943
Antal Dunai Hungarian soccer player (Olympic gold 1968)
21 Mar 1944
Charles Edward Greene Pine Bluff Ark 4x100m runner (Olympic gold 1968)
21 Mar 1944
Marie-Christine Barrault actress (Stardust Memories) born in Paris France
21 Mar 1944
David Lindley American musician (The Kaleidoscope) born in San Marino California
21 Mar 1945
Rosemary Stone vocalistpianist (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People)
21 Mar 1945
Vernon Guy US gospel singer (Cool Sounds Sharpees)
21 Mar 1947
Franco Mussida Italian progessive rock musician (Premiata Forneria Marconi) born in Milan
21 Mar 1949
Eddie Money [Mahoney] singerguitarist (Take Me Home Tonight) born in Brooklyn New York
21 Mar 1949
Alvin Kallicharran West Indian cricket batsman (66 Tests 1972-81 44.43) born in Port Mourant British Guiana
21 Mar 1949
Slavoj iek Slovenian sociologist philosopher and cultural critic born in Ljubljana Slovenia
21 Mar 1950
Roger Hodgson rock vocalist (Supertramp-Its Raining Again)
21 Mar 1951
Russell Thompkins Jr US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing)
21 Mar 1953
Carl Wolfson comedian (Thicke of the Night) born in Washington D.C.
21 Mar 1953
Shotgun Johnson [Robert] rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band-Give it Up)
21 Mar 1954
Mary Jane Smith Van Nuys Ca WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1993)
21 Mar 1955
Barbel Wockel-Eckert German DR sprinter (Olympic-4 gold-1976 80)
21 Mar 1955
Jean Marie Hon actress (Jane-Man From Atlantis) born in San Francisco California
21 Mar 1956
Ingrid Kristiansen Norwegian marathoner (Olympic-4th-1984 Bost-86 89)
21 Mar 1946
Timothy Dalton Welsh actor (James Bond) born in Colwyn Bay Wales
21 Mar 1957
Sabrina Le Beauf actress (Sondra-Crosby Show) born in New Orleans Louisiana
21 Mar 1958
Brad Hall comedian (SNL) born in Santa Barbara California
21 Mar 1958
Gary Oldman English actor (Sid & Nancy The Darkest Hour) born in London England
21 Mar 1958
Marlies Ghr East German sprinter (Olympic gold 100m relay 1976 80 World Champion 100m 1983) born in Gera Germany
21 Mar 1959
Sarah Jane Morris English singer born in Southampton England
21 Mar 1960
Guy Chadwick English singersongwriter (House of Love)
21 Mar 1961
Slim Jim Phantom [Jim McDonnell] American rock drummer (Stray Cats) born in Brooklyn New York
21 Mar 1961
Kassie Wesley Ky actress (Evil Dead 2 Blair-One Life to Live)
21 Mar 1961
Wei Wang US table tennis player (Olympics 1996) born in Beijing China
21 Mar 1961
Shawn Lane American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)
21 Mar 1963
Ronald Koeman Dutch soccer star (Ajax PSV Barcelona Feyenoord)
21 Mar 1963
Sharon June Howe Pederson Glencoe Mn rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
21 Mar 1963
Shawon Dunston infielder (SF Giants) born in Brooklyn New York
21 Mar 1964
Ahmed Radhi Iraqi international football star
21 Mar 1966
Al Iafrate American NHL defenseman (799 career NHL games 152 goals 311 assists for 463 points) born in Dearborn Michigan
21 Mar 1966
Karen Lunn Cowra Australia LPGA golfer (1993 Womens British Open)
21 Mar 1966
Matthew Maynard cricketer (big hitting Glamorgan & England player)
21 Mar 1967
Elaina Oden Orange CA volleyball middle blocker (Olympic bronze 1992 96)
21 Mar 1967
Troy Westwood CFL kicker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
21 Mar 1967
Jonas Joker Berggren Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
21 Mar 1967
Adrian Chiles British television and radio presenter
21 Mar 1968
Erwin Vanderbroeck Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
21 Mar 1968
Jeff Lazaro Waltham Mass US hockey forward (Olympics 1994)
21 Mar 1968
Johan Garpenlov NHL left wing (Florida Panthers) born in Stockholm Sweden
21 Mar 1968
Mark Sander WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)
21 Mar 1968
Scott Williams NBA forward (Philadelphia 76ers)
21 Mar 1972
Boris Mironov NHL defenseman (Team Russia Olympic silver 1998 Edmonton) born in Moscow Russia
21 Mar 1972
Chris Ball kayak (alt-Olympics 1996) born in Costa Mesa California
21 Mar 1972
Kristen Anderson-Lopez American songwriter (Frozen) born in New York City
21 Mar 1972
Large Professor [William Mitchell] American hip hop artist (Main Source) born in New York City
21 Mar 1972
Chris Candido American professional wrestler born in Edison New Jersey (d. 2005)
21 Mar 1973
Larry Bowie running back (Washington Redskins)
21 Mar 1973
Ananda Lewis American model and television personality
21 Mar 1975
Vitaly Potapenko NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
21 Mar 1978
Charmaine Dragun Australian news anchor (d.2007)
21 Mar 1978
Kevin Federline American dancerhip hop artist
21 Mar 1980
Ronaldinho Gaucho Brazilian international footballer
21 Mar 1980
Marit Bjrgen Norwegian cross-country skier
21 Mar 1980
Deryck Whibley Canadian guitarist and singer (Sum41)
21 Mar 1984
Franck Perera Montpellier France racing car driver
21 Mar 1880
Hans Hofmann GermanAmerican painter (Search for the Real)
21 Mar 1925
Peter Brook English theater and film director (MaratSade) born in London
21 Mar 1940
Solomon Burke [McDonald] American soul singer (Cy to Me) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
21 Mar 1966
Karen Lunn Australian golfer (British Open 1993 LET Order of Merit 1993) born in Cowra New South Wales
21 Mar 1991
Antoine Griezmann French football player (Atltico Madrid French national team) born in Mcon France
21 Mar 2004
Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau Jonkheer van Amsberg
21 Mar 1854
Alick Bannerman Australian cricketer (28 Tests for Australia 1878-93 1108 runs) born in Paddington New South Wales (d. 1924)
21 Mar 1920
Manolis Chiotis Greek bouzouki virtuoso and songwriter (d. 1970)
21 Mar 1928
Ruth Anderson American flutist classical and electronic music composer (I Come Out of Your Sleep) born in Kalispell Montana (d.2019)
21 Mar 1935
Brian Clough English football player and manager born in Middlesborough England (d. 2004)
21 Mar 1935
Antonio Membrado Spanish-French classical guitarist and composer born in Madrid Spain (d. 2016)
21 Mar 1947
Franco Mussida Italian progressive rock musician (Premiata Forneria Marconi) born in Milan Italy
21 Mar 1949
Eddie Money [Mahoney] singerguitarist (Take Me Home Tonight) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2019)
21 Mar 1956
Ingrid Kristiansen Norwegian long distance athlete (World Cship gold 10000m 1987 WR 5000m 10000m marathon NYC 1989 Boston Marathon 1986 89) born in Trondheim Norway
21 Mar 1958
[Jonathan] Butch Norton American drummer (Eels) born in Inglewood California
21 Mar 1961
Slim Jim Phantom [Jim McDonnell] American rock drummer (Stray Cats) born in Brooklyn New York
21 Mar 1962
Janet Patricia Gardner American rock singer (Vixen - Rev It Up) born in Juneau Alaska
21 Mar 1964
Ahmed Radhi Iraqi soccer striker (121 caps 62 goals Al-Rasheed Asian Footballer of the Year 1988) born in Baghdad Iraq (d. 2020)
21 Mar 1975
Mark Williams Welsh snooker player (World Cship 2000 03 18 Triple Crown 2002-03) born in Cwm Blaenau Gwent Wales
21 Mar 1835
Thomas Hayward English cricket batsman (first English tours to North America 1859-60 Australia & NZ 1864-5 Cambridge Town Club) born in Chatteris England (d. 1876)
21 Mar 1854
Alick Bannerman Australian cricket batsman (28 Tests 8 x 50s NSW 187694) born in Sydney Australia (d. 1924)
21 Mar 1891
Jonathan Hale [Hatley] Canadian-American actor (Blondie films The Saint films) born in Hamilton Ontario (d. 1960)
21 Mar 1902
Edward Son House American delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (Walking Blues Preachin The Blues) born in Lyons Mississippi (d. 1988)
21 Mar 1909
Uno Miff Grling Swedish jazz trombonist arranger bandleader and composer bjorn in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1988)
21 Mar 1914
Paul Tortelier French concert cellist composer and teacher born in Paris (d. 1990)
21 Mar 1923
Mort Lindsey [Lippman] American pianist arranger musical director (Judy Garland 1961-64 Merv Griffin Show 1962-86 Barbra Streisand 1968) and composer born in Newark New Jersey (d. 2012)
21 Mar 1924
Philip Abbott American character actor (The FBI Sweet Bird of Youth) born in Lincoln Nebraska (d. 1998)
21 Mar 1924
Karl Heinz Fussl Austrian composer musicologist publisher and music critic born in Jablonec Czechoslovakia (d. 1992)
21 Mar 1924
Otis Spann American blues pianist and singer (The Blues Never Die) born in Belzoni Mississippi [or perhaps 1930 in Jackson Mississippi] (d. 1970)
21 Mar 1925
Harold Ashby American jazz tenor saxophonist (Willie Dixon Duke Ellington 1968-75) born in Kansas City Missouri (d. 2003)
21 Mar 1926
Andr Delvaux Belgian film director and screenwriter (Benvenuta) born in Heverie Belgium (d. 2002)
21 Mar 1930
James Coco American character actor (Only When I Laugh Murder by Death) and singer (Man of La Mancha) born in The Bronx New York (d. 1987)
21 Mar 1932
Joseph Silverstein American violinist concertmaster and conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra 1955-84) born in Detroit Michigan
21 Mar 1938
Grahame Thomas Australian cricket batsman (8 Tests 3 x 50s NSW CA) born in Sydney Australia
21 Mar 1940
Solomon Burke [McDonald] American soul singer (Cry To Me Diamond In Your Mind) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
21 Mar 1940
Chip Taylor [James Voight] American songwriter (Angel of the Morning Wild Thing) singer and producer born in Yonkers New York
21 Mar 1941
John Boylan American record producer (Pure Prairie League Commander Cody Little River Band) born in New York City
21 Mar 1943
(Victor) Vivian Stanshall British singer and comic songwriter (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Im The Urban Spaceman Magical Mystery Tour) born in Shillingford England (d. 1995)
21 Mar 1943
Alan Kalter American television announcer (Late Show with David Letterman 1995-2015) born in Brooklyn New York City (d. 2021)
21 Mar 1944
Gaye Adegbalola [Todd] American blues singer and guitarist (Sapphire The Uppity Blues Women - Middle Age Blues Boogie) teacher and activist born in Fredericksburg Virginia
21 Mar 1944
(Roger) Hilary Minster British character actor (Allo Allo) born in Surrey England (d. 1999)
21 Mar 1945
Rosemary Stone American funk and rock vocalist and pianist (Sly & Family Stone - Everyday People Dance to The Music) born in Dallas Texas
21 Mar 1945
Vernon Guy American R&B and gospel singer (Cool Sounds Sharpees) born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1998)
21 Mar 1946
Ray Dorset British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime) born in Ashford England
21 Mar 1949
Eddie Money [Mahoney] American rock singer-songwriter (Two Tickets To Paradise Take Me Home Tonight) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2019)
21 Mar 1949
Rolf-Dieter Amend German canoeist (Olympic gold GDR C-2 slalom 1972) born in Magdeburg Germany (d. 2022)
21 Mar 1950
Roger Hodgson British rock singer-songwriter (Supertramp - Take The Long Way Home Breakfast In America) born in Portsmouth England
21 Mar 1950
Elena Firsova Russian classical omposer (The Scent of Absence Requiem) born in Leningrad USSR (now Saint Petersburg Russia)
21 Mar 1951
Russell Thompkins Jr American soul tenor lead singer (Stylistics - Betcha by Golly Wow You Make Me Feel Brand New) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
21 Mar 1951
Conrad Lozano American rock bass player (Los Lobos - Will The Wolf Survive) born in Los Angeles California
21 Mar 1953
Robert Shotgun Johnson American rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band - Thats The Way I Like It)
21 Mar 1955
Haakon Graf Norwegian jazz keyboard player composer arranger and producer born in Oslo Norway
21 Mar 1959
Sarah Jane Morris English pop-jazz-R&B singer-songwriter born in Southampton England
21 Mar 1961
Slim Jim Phantom [McDonnell] American rock drummer (Stray Cats - Rock This Town) born in Brooklyn New York
21 Mar 1961
Kassie Wesley American actress (Evil Dead 2 One Life to Live - Blair) born in Kentucky
21 Mar 1963
Sharon Share Ross (Pederson) American rock bassist (Vixen - Rev It Up) born in Glencoe Minnesota
21 Mar 1966
Kenny Brck Swedish auto racer (Indy Racing League 1998 Indianapolis 500 1999) born in Arvika Sweden
21 Mar 1967
Jonas Joker Berggren Swedish musician songwriter and producer (Ace of Base -All That She Wants) born in Gothenburg Sweden
21 Mar 1968
Vincent Courtois French classically trained jazz cellist born in Paris France
21 Mar 1972
Boris Mironov Russian ice hockey defenseman (Olympic silver 1998 bronze 2002 Edmonton Oilers Chicago Blackhawks) born in Moscow Russia
21 Mar 1474
Angela Merici Italian religious educator founder of the Ursuline Order of nuns and Roman Catholic saint born near Desenzano del Garda Republic of Venice (d. 1540)
21 Mar 1527
Hermann Finck German organist and composer born in Pirna Duchy of Saxony (now Germany) (d. 1558)
21 Mar 1624
Franois Roberday French Baroque organist and composer born in Paris France (d. 1680)
21 Mar 1713
Francis Lewis Welsh-American merchant and US Founding Father (signed the Declaration of Independence) born in Llandaff Wales (d. 1802)
21 Mar 1716
Josef Seger Segert] Czech composer. organist and educator born in epn Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1782)
21 Mar 1765
Hendrik Fagel Dutch-English baron and diplomat (Dutch ambassador to London) (d. 1838)
21 Mar 1768
Joseph Fourier French mathematician (mathematical theory of heat conduction) and egyptologist born in Auxerre France (d. 1830)
21 Mar 1779
Alexis Garaud French composer and pedagogue born in Nancy France (d. 1852)
21 Mar 1806
Benito Jurez Mexican politician (1st indigenous President of Mexico 1858-72) born in San Pablo Guelatao Oaxaca Mexico (d. 1872)
21 Mar 1813
James Strang American religious leader (self-proclaimed King of the Mormons on Beaver Island Michigan 1850-56) born in Scipio New York (d. 1856)
21 Mar 1836
Jess de Monasterio Spanish violinist conductor composer and pedagogue (Madrid Conservatory 1857-1903) born in Potes Cantabria Spain (d. 1903)
21 Mar 1866
Antonia Maury American astronomer (created own stellar classification one of the Harvard Observatory human computers) born in Cold Spring New York (d. 1952)
21 Mar 1869
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. American theater producer (Ziegfeld Follies) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1932)
21 Mar 1878
Thurlow Lieurance American composer (By the Waters of Minnetonka Sad Moon on Falling Leaf) ethno-musicologist (Indigenous peoples) and educator born in Oskaloosa Iowa (d. 1963)
21 Mar 1880
Broncho Billy Anderson [Maxwell Aronson] American silent and sound screen actor the 1st cowboy in a movie (The Great Train Robbery A Lucky Dog) and studio executive born in Little Rock Arkansas (d. 1971) [1]
21 Mar 1880
Hans Hofmann German-American painter (Search for the Real) born in Weienburg Germany (d. 1966)
21 Mar 1880
Wilhelm Pessler German sociologist and historian born in Riga (d. 1962)
21 Mar 1881
Hermann Sandby Danish cellist and composer born in Kundby Denmark (d. 1965)
21 Mar 1883
Jules van Nuffel Belgian composer priest and musicologist (Nova Organi Harmonia) born in Hemiksem Belgium (d. 1953)
21 Mar 1884
George David Birkhoff American mathematician (Aesthetic measure) born in Cambridge Massachusetts (d. 1944)
21 Mar 1887
Edwin Scharff German entartet sculptor born in Neu-Ulm Gemrany (d. 1955)
21 Mar 1900
Paul Kletzki [Pawe Klecki] Polish-Swiss violinist composer and conductor born in d Poland (d. 1973)
21 Mar 1902
William Downie Forrest Scottish foreign correspondent (Spanish Civil War WWII) born in Glasgow Scotland (d. 1996) [1]
21 Mar 1904
Nikolaos Skalkottas Greek composer born in Chalcis Greece (d. 1949)
21 Mar 1906
Jim Thompson American designer and businessman (Thai silk industry) born in Greenville Delaware (d. 1967)
21 Mar 1906
John D. Rockefeller III American oil billionaire and philanthropist born in New York City (d. 1978)
21 Mar 1911
Gus Risman Welsh rugby league centre fullback (18 Tests Wales 17 Great Britain 1 England Salford RLFC Workington Town RLFC) and coach (Bradford Northern Salford Workington Town) born in Cardiff Wales (d. 1994)
21 Mar 1911
John Paxton American screenwriter and producer (On The Beach Kotch Farewell My Lovely) born in Kansas City Missouri (d. 1985)
21 Mar 1913
Ghita Ionescu Romanian politician scientist (Communism in Romania) born in Bucharest Romania (d. 1996)
21 Mar 1914
Hernn Siles Zuazo Bolivian politician (President of Bolivia 1956-60 1982-85) born in La Paz Bolivia (d. 1996)
21 Mar 1918
Joe Carveth Canadian ice hockey right wing (NHL All Star 1950 Stanley Cup 1943 50 Detroit Red Wings Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens) born in Regina Saskatchewan (d. 1985)
21 Mar 1921
Antony Hopkins [Reynolds] British composer pianist conductor (Intimate Opera Company 1954-62) writer and radio broadcaster (Talking About Music 1954-92) born in London England (d. 2014)
21 Mar 1921
Arthur Grumiaux Belgian concert violinist born in Villers-Perwin Belgium (d. 1986)
21 Mar 1925
John E. Grotberg American politician (Rep-R-IL 1985-86) born in Winnebago Minnesota (d. 1986)
21 Mar 1928
Ruth Anderson American flutist classical and electronic music composer (I Come Out of Your Sleep) born in Kalispell Montana (d. 2019)
21 Mar 1936
Brian Dee British jazz and session pianist and accompanist born in London England
21 Mar 1936
Marek Stachowski Polish composer (Neusis II Thakurian Chants) and pedagogue born in Piekary lskie Poland (d. 2004)
21 Mar 1939
Tommy Davis American baseball utility (3 x MLB All Star World Series 1963 NL batting champion 1962 63 LA Dodgers) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2022)
21 Mar 1944
David Lindley American session and touring multi-instrumentalist (The Kaleidoscope Jackson Browne James Taylor Linda Ronstadt Warren Zevon) born in San Marino California (d. 2023) [1]
21 Mar 1944
Henrik Colding-Jorgensen Danish organist choirmaster and composer born in Riisskov Aarhus Denmark
21 Mar 1944
Jamary Oliveira Brazilian composer (Sanctus Piano Pice) and music professor born in Sade Bahia Brazil (d. 2020)
21 Mar 1946
Timothy Dalton [Leggett] Welsh actor (James Bond films 1986-94) born in Colwyn Bay Wales
21 Mar 1955
Haakon Graf Norwegian jazz keyboard player composer arranger and producer born in Oslo Norway
21 Mar 1956
Andr Malherbe Belgian motocross racer (FIM 500cc Motocross World Champion 1980 81 84) born in Huy Belgium (d. 2022)
21 Mar 1956
Lszl Tihanyi Hungarian composer (Silence of the Winds Two Imaginary Dialogues) and conductor (Ensemble Intermodulation) born in Budapest Hungary
21 Mar 1958
Brad Hall American comedian (SNL 1982-84) and screenwriter born in Santa Barbara California
21 Mar 1958
Lynn Mabry American R&B and rock session and touring vocalist (P-Funk Brides of Funkenstein Talking Heads Sheila E) born in Vallejo California
21 Mar 1958
Marlies Ghr East German sprinter (Olympic gold 100m relay 1976 80 World Champion 100m 1983) born in Gera Germany
21 Mar 1960
Dominic Miller American session and touring guitarist (World Party Sting) born in Hurlingham Argentina
21 Mar 1960
Guy Chadwick British pop singer-songwriter (The House of Love - Shine On) born in Hanover Germany
21 Mar 1960
Robert Sweet American Christian-metal sideways drummer (Stryper) born in Lynwood California
21 Mar 1965
Cynthia Geary American actress (Northern Exposure - Shelly) born in Jackson Mississippi
21 Mar 1967
Adrian Chiles British television and radio presenter and sportscaster born in Quinton Birmingham England
21 Mar 1967
Elaina Oden American volleyball middle blocker (Olympic bronze 1992 96) born in Orange California
21 Mar 1967
Jonas Joker Berggren Swedish musician songwriter and producer (Ace of Base - All That She Wants) born in Gothenburg Sweden
21 Mar 1967
Maxim Reality [Keith Palmer] Jamaican-British trip-hop MC and vocalist (The Prodigy) born in Peterborough England
21 Mar 1971
Aarno Turpeinen Finnish soccer defender (16 caps HJK 225 games) born in Oulu Finland (d. 2022)
21 Mar 1973
Ananda Lewis American model and television personality born in Los Angeles California
21 Mar 1973
Jerry Supiran American child actor (Small Wonder - Jamie) born in Arcadia California
21 Mar 1973
Larry Bowie American NFL running back 1996-99 (Washington Redskins) born in Anniston Alabama
21 Mar 1295
Henry Suso German Dominican friar mystic and popular spiritual writer (Clock of Wisdom) (d. 1366) probable date
21 Mar 1806
Benito Jurez Mexican politician (1st indigenous President of Mexico 1858-72) born in San Pablo Guelatao Oaxaca Mexico (d. 1872)
21 Mar 1863
Hugo Kaun German composer born in Berlin Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1932)
21 Mar 1865
Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher English historian and politician born in London (d. 1940)
21 Mar 1881
Herman Sandby Danish cellist and composer born in Kundby Denmark (d. 1965)
21 Mar 1909
Uno Miff Grling Swedish jazz trombonist arranger bandleader and composer born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1988)
21 Mar 1916
Bismillah Khan [Qamaruddin Khan] Hindustani classical musician shehnai (a reeded woodwind instrument) player born in Dumraon British India (d. 2006)
21 Mar 1920
Manolis Chiotis Greek bouzouki virtuoso and Greek rebetiko and laiko songwriter born in Thessaloniki Greece (d. 1970)
21 Mar 1923
Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava Indian founder of Sahaja Yoga born in Chindawara British India (d. 2011)
21 Mar 1925
Peter Brook English theater and film director (MaratSade Lord of the Flies) born in London England (d. 2022)
21 Mar 1931
Ivan William Hannaford British sociologist (d. 1996)
21 Mar 1939
Martha Hudson American sprinter (Olympic 4X100m gold 1960) born in Eastman Georgia
21 Mar 1943
Alan Kalter American television announcer (Late Show with David Letterman 1995-2015) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2021)
21 Mar 1943
Hartmut Haenchen German conductor (Netherlands Philharmonic 1986-99) born in Dresden Germany
21 Mar 1947
Franco Mussida Italian progressive rock guitarist and singer-singwriter (Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)) born in Milan Italy
21 Mar 1953
Carl Wolfson American comedian (Thicke of the Night) born in Washington D.C.
21 Mar 1953
Emilio Correa Cuban boxer (Olympic gold welterweight 1972 World Cship gold 1974) born in Santiago de Cuba Cuba (d. 2024)
21 Mar 1953
Robert Shotgun Johnson American funk-rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band - Thats The Way I Like It) born in Miami Florida (d. 1983)
21 Mar 1959
Nobuo Uematsu Japanese keyboardist and video game composer (Final Fatasy) born in Kchi Japan
21 Mar 1961
Shawn Lane American session rock jazz and world fusion guitarist born in Memphis Tennessee (d. 2003)
21 Mar 1295
Henry Suso German Dominican friar mystic and popular spiritual writer (Clock of Wisdom) (d. 1366) [probable date]
21 Mar 1527
Hermann Finck German organist and composer born in Pirna Albertine Duchy of Saxony (d. 1558)
21 Mar 1570
Ferdinand van Boisschot Dutch diplomat jurist and Chancellor of Brabant (1625-49) born in Brussels (d. 1649)
21 Mar 1642
Georg Schmezer German composer and musician born in Augsburg Electorate of Bavaria Holy Roman Empire (d. 1697)
21 Mar 1708
Caspar Ruetz German composer born in Wismar Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Holy Roman Empire (d. 1755)
21 Mar 1716
Josef Seger [Segert] Czech composer organist and educator born in epn Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1782)
21 Mar 1820
Frank Mori English conductor and composer (Frindolin River Sprite) born in London (d. 1873)
21 Mar 1863
Hugo Kaun German composer born in Berlin Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1932)
21 Mar 1876
Walter Tewksbury American track and field athlete (Olympics 1920 - 2 gold 2 silver 1 bronze) and dentist born in Ashley Pennsylvania (d. 1968) [1]
21 Mar 1878
Thurlow Lieurance American composer (By the Waters of Minnetonka Sad Moon on Falling Leaf) ethnomusicologist (Indigenous peoples) and educator born in Oskaloosa Iowa (d. 1963)
21 Mar 1887
Edwin Scharff German sculptor and educator deemed entartete (degenerate) by Nazi regime born in Neu-Ulm Gemrany (d. 1955)
21 Mar 1893
Aileen Stanley [Maude Aileen Muggeridge] American vaudevillian popular music singers and early recording artist born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1982)
21 Mar 1928
James W Kinnear III American business executive (CEO of Texaco 1987-93) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
21 Mar 1928
Peter Hacks German playwright (Tie Windloch) and essayist born in Breslau Germany (now Wrocaw Poland) (d. 2003)
21 Mar 1929
Maurice Catarcio American professional wrestler known as The Matador and fitness advocate born in Ocean City New Jersey (d. 2005)
21 Mar 1930
James Coco American character actor (Only When I Laugh Murder by Death) and singer (Man of La Mancha) born in The Bronx New York City (d. 1987)
21 Mar 1932
Joseph Silverstein American violinist concertmaster and conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra 1955-84) born in Detroit Michigan (d. 2015)
21 Mar 1934
Al Freeman Jr American stage and screen actor (One Life to Live 1972-87 - Capt. Ed Hall My Sweet Charlie The Detective) and director born in San Antonio Texas (d. 2012)
21 Mar 1968
Jeff Lazaro American ice hockey forward (Olympics 1994 Boston Bruins) born in Waltham Massachusetts
21 Mar 1978
Charmaine Dragun Australian news anchor (d. 2007)
21 Mar 1980
Deryck Whibley Canadian guitarist and singer (Sum41 - Fat Lip) born in Scarborough Ontario
21 Mar 1980
Marit Bjrgen Norwegian cross-country skier 15 Olympic medals 18 World Championship medals born in Trondheim Norway
21 Mar 1982
Aaron Hill American baseball player (1st to win Silver Slugger Award in NL and AL) born in Visalia California
21 Mar 1984
Franck Perera French racing car driver born in Montpellier France
21 Mar 1989
Rochelle Humes British pop singer (The Saturdays - What About Us) born in Barking England
21 Mar 1990
Mandy Capristo German dance-pop singer (Monrose - Shame solo - The Way I Like It) born in Mannheim Germany
21 Mar 1295
Henry Suso German Dominican friar mystic and popular spiritual writer (Clock of Wisdom) born in Free Imperial City of berlingen Holy Roman Empire (d. 1366) [probable date]
21 Mar 1521
Maurice Duke and Elector of Saxony (1541-7 1547-53) born in Freiberg Electorate of Saxony Holy Roman Empire (d. 1553)
21 Mar 1752
Mary Dixon Kies American inventor possible first woman to receive a U.S. patent born in South Killingly Connecticut (d. 1837)
21 Mar 1765
Hendrik Fagel de Jonge Dutch-English baron and diplomat (Fagel collection National Library of the Netherlands and Trinity College) born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1838) [1]
21 Mar 1801
Maria Theresa of Austria Queen of Sardinia (1831-49) born in Vienna Archduchy of Austria Holy Roman Empire (d. 1855)
21 Mar 1811
Nathaniel Woodard English priest in the Church of England and founder of 11 schools born in Basildon England (d. 1891)
21 Mar 1865
George Owen Squier American inventor and Major General in U.S. Signal Corp born in Dryden Michigan (d. 1934)
21 Mar 1893
Geoffrey Dearmer British poet (A Days Delight) born in London (d. 1996)
21 Mar 1897
Sim Gokkes Dutch composer of synagogue music and choral director born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1943)
21 Mar 1901
Karl Arnold German politician Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia (1947-56) and President of the Bundesrat (1949-50) born in Herrlishfen German Empire (d. 1958)
21 Mar 1904
Forrest Mars Sr. American candy magnate (Mars Inc.) who introduced the Milky Way Mars bar M&Ms and Uncle Bens Rice born in Wadena Minnesota (d. 1999)
21 Mar 1904
Nikos Skalkottas Greek contemporary classical composer (The Return of Ulysses The Gnomes) born in Chalcis Greece (d. 1949)
21 Mar 1906
Helen Deutsch American screenwriter journalist and songwriter (Lili) born in New York (d. 1992)
21 Mar 1910
Muhammad Siddiq Khan Bangladeshi educationist librarian at the University of Dhaka (1956-72) and pioneer of library science in Bangladesh born in Yangon British Burma (d. 1978) [1]
21 Mar 1912
Peter Bull British actor and author (The African QueenTom Jones Dr Strangelove) born in London England (d. 1984)
21 Mar 1915
Dude Martin [John Stephen McSwain] American country and Western swing singer bandleader radio and early television personality born in Plainsburg California (d. 1991) [Note some sources cite date as 11 and some as 15]
21 Mar 1916
Bismillah Khan [Qamaruddin Khan] Hindustani classical musician and shehnai (a reeded woodwind instrument) virtuoso born in Dumraon British India (d. 2006)
21 Mar 1917
Frank [Francis Joseph] Hardy Australian author and political activist (Power Without Glory The Unlucky Australians) born in Southern Cross Australia (d. 1994) [1] [2] [3]
21 Mar 1918
Charles Thompson American swing and bebop jazz pianist and organist (Coleman Hawkins Buck Clayton) born in Springfield Ohio (d. 2016)
21 Mar 1919
Lois Collier [Madelyn Earle Jones] American actress (A Night in Casablanca Boston Blackie Slave Girl) born in Salley South Carolina (d. 1999)
21 Mar 1920
Georg Ots Estonian baritone (lead role in Eugene Onegin) born in Petrograd Soviet Russia (d. 1975) [1] [2]
21 Mar 1926
Heikki Hasu Finnish Nordic skier (Olympic gold individual 1948 410k relay 1952 silver individual 1952) born in Sippola Finland (d. 2025)
21 Mar 1928
Ruth Anderson American flutist classical and electronic music composer (I Come Out of Your Sleep) born in Kalispell Montana (d. 2019) [1]
21 Mar 1931
Ivan William Hannaford British sociologist and author (Race The History of an Idea in the West) born in London (d. 1996) [1]
21 Mar 1933
Michael Heseltine British politician and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1995-7) born in Swansea Wales
21 Mar 1933
Sir John Hall English property developer and multi-millionaire born in Ashington England
21 Mar 1935
Brian Clough English soccer manager (Div 1 Cship 1971-72 Derby County Div 1 Cship 1977-78 European Cup 197879 197980 Nottingham Forest) and striker (2 caps Middlesbrough Sunderland) born in Middlesborough England (d. 2004)
21 Mar 1936
Ed Broadbent Canadian politician leader of the New Democratic Party (1975-89) and MP (1968-90 2004-06) born in Oshawa Ontario (d. 2024) [1] [2]
21 Mar 1937
Tom Flores American Pro Football HOF quarterback (Super Bowl IV KC Chiefs) and coach (Super Bowl XI XV XVIII OaklandLA Raiders) born in Fresno California
21 Mar 1939
Martha Hudson American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1960) born in Eastman Georgia
21 Mar 1941
Dirk Frimout Belgian cosmonaut and first Belgian astronaut (STS-45 in 1992) born in Poperinge Belgium
21 Mar 1944
Manny Sanguilln Panamanian baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1971 72 75 World Series 1971 79 Pittsburgh Pirates) born in Coln Panama
21 Mar 1948
Dick Schneider Dutch soccer defender (11 caps Go Ahead Feyenoord Vitesse Wageningen) born in Deventer Netherlands (d. 2025)
21 Mar 1957
Haydn Gwynne English film and stage actress (Drop the Dead Donkey Billy Elliot the Musical Windsors) born in Hurstpierpoint England (d. 2023)
21 Mar 1957
Sabrina Le Beauf American actress (The Cosby Show - Sondra) born in New Orleans Louisiana
21 Mar 1959
Nobuo Uematsu Japanese keyboardist and video game composer (Final Fantasy) born in Kchi Japan
21 Mar 1961
Kassie Wesley American actress (Evil Dead 2 One Life to Live) born in Kentucky
21 Mar 1962
Mark Waid American comic book writer (Kingdom Come Captain America) born in Hueytown Alabama [1] [2] [3]
21 Mar 1963
Shawon Dunston American MLB baseball infielder (San Francisco Giants) born in Brooklyn New York city
21 Mar 1965
Xavier Bertrand French lawyer and politician (first President of the Hauts-de-France Region) born in Chlons-sur-Marne France
21 Mar 1966
Shin Seung-hun South Korean singer-songwriter (Reflection of You in Your Smile) born in Daejeon South Korea
21 Mar 1968
DJ Premier [Christopher Edward Martin] American DJ and hip hop record producer (Gang Starr) born in Houston Texas [1] [2]
21 Mar 1970
Cenk Uygur American-Turkish political commentator co-creator of The Young Turks news and commentary program born in Istanbul Turkey
21 Mar 1973
Ananda Lewis American model and television personality (MTV) born in Los Angeles California (d. 2025) [1]
21 Mar 1978
Charmaine Dragun Australian broadcast journalist born in Perth Australia (d. 2007) [1] [2]
21 Mar 1978
Kevin Federline K-Fed American dancer DJ and ex-husband of Britney Spears born in Fresno California
21 Mar 1992
Chiney Ogwumike American basketball player and sports commentator (1st black woman host for ESPN radio show) born in Tomball Texas
21 Mar 1992
Karolna Plkov Czech tennis player (US Open 2016 runner-up Wimbledon 2021 runner-up Federation Cup 2015 16 18) born in Louny Czech Republic
21 Mar 1993
Suraj Sharma Indian actor (Life of Pi God Friended Me) born in New Delhi India
21 Mar 1994
Jasmin Savoy Brown American actress (Yellowjackets) born in Alameda California
21 Mar 2000
Jace Norman American actor (Henry Danger) born in Corrales New Mexico
21 Mar 2000
Tommy Richman American singer-songwriter Million Dollar Baby born in Woodbridge Virginia
21 Mar 2004
Claus-Casimir Count of Orange-Nassau second child of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands 6th in the line of succession to the Dutch throne born in The Hague Netherlands